The more I look at these CoP numbers the more it looks to me like the key, as ever, is simply landing the jumps that you have planned. Everything else takes care of itself. This seems especially true in the short program, where everyone does prettty much the same elements.

In her Olympics SP Julia fell on her combination jump. That left 5.3 points on the table right there, and all by itself accounts for the difference between her low score of 49.58 and her fine score of 54.12 in the 2005 Nepela.

Congratulations to Megan Stewart-Williams for winning her first international competition, and to Jordan Wilson for his first international medal. And of course to Gregor Urbas, who came from behind to win the Men's title, and to Igor Matsipura (from Herndon VA) who won the bronze medal for the home country (SVK).